There is so much children's crafts that can be made from seeds and beans. They are particularly popular for making noisy crafts such as musical instruments, party noise makers and also homemade games and toys.

The most popular musical instruments and noise makers made with seeds and beans includes maracas, musical rain sticks, and new years noise makers. Children also enjoy making bean bags and animal bean bag toys. Children can even make a simple sunflower from construction paper, glue and real sunflower seeds. Or a bird feeder using bird seeds,peanut butter, and bread dough.

Make a Fun Game with Beans and a Box

You will need a small box (like a medicine box) and a box lid (such as a shoe box lid). This little game requires skill as well as patience. To make a competitive game out of it, play it with a friend and time each other to see which one gets the bean in the box in the shortest length of time. Cut a little door in one side of an inverted small box. Make the door a little larger than the bean you will use for the game. Fasten the small box inside the shoe box cover with Scotch tape. Decorate the game with crayons or paints. If paints are used, allow it to dry. Place a bean in the shoe box and see how long it takes you to get the bean through the door of the little box.

Rolling Toy for Young Kids with Rolled Oats Box and Beans

Obtain an oatmeal box. Punch holes in bottom and cover. Pull a string through these holes. Fill the box with 24 dried beans or buttons. Paste the cover in place. Use Scotch tape or adhesive tape to seal the cover in place. Tie the ends of the string. The rolling toy can be may be made more pleasing to look at by covering it with pretty paper or with a coat of paint. Kids like pretending that they are vacumming or mowing the lawn.

Thanksgiving Harvest Celebration Glass Jars Craft Idea for Kids - Celebrate harvest by displaying a colorful display of ingredients from your kitchen, such as beans, seeds, and lentils. It will be a great way to decorate your table this thanksgiving. You can be as creative as you’d like. Below you will find instructions for this Thanksgiving table decoration

Bird
Feeder Bird Seeds : - Make
a bird to feed your birds! Inspired by the wild parrots of Telegraph
Hill calling out in droves to wake me in the morning, I made a parrot
to feed them. Using
bread as a base and peanut butter as the glue, I covered this bird in
seeds that parrots like best. Find out what your local birds like to
eat from a pet shop, and attract them to your yard!

Bird
Seed Wreath : - A
wreath on your front gate says welcome to family and friends and if you make
a bird seed wreath, wild
birds will
also stop by to get a taste of your crafting skills.

Egghead Easter Craft Seeds : - This is a fun project for Earth Day, Easter, or just about any spring day you can think of! No fancy materials are needed. With just an eggshell, a little soil and some seeds, you can grow your own egghead.

Father's Day Muffin Flower Cards : - These are simple and fun crafts for even the youngest children to do. The center of the flower can be further decorated with sequins, small seeds or a photo. We glued a small photo of Kaitlyn (she made the card) into the center of the flower.

Frog Bean Bag Felt Craft for Kids : - This is terrific first sewing project for children. If using it as such, I recommend having the children sew the body pieces together using a running stitch or a blanket stitch and then glue the remaining pieces together. I would fill with pillow stuffing instead of rice ... stuffing won't leak out as easily if the child didn't keep their stitches tight enough.

Gardening Mother's Day Card : - Is it a card? Is it a gift? It's both! This easy-to-make card lets little ones display a seed package of pretty spring flowers that you can plant together.

Grass Seed Scarecrows - Instead of growing grass or seeds in a Styrofoam cup this spring, invite students to create their own stuffed friends—and observe as each begins to sport a signature spiky green ’do.

Handprint
Fish Craft : - If you've been to our site
before, you know how much we love to do handprint crafts! We find a
way to turn a handprint into all sorts of things just to create a way
to document how tiny she is now and was then. Our toddler really
enjoyed this handprint fish craft - so much so that we ended up
making multiple fish bowls! We think that using the dried beans in
this craft was the key to capturing her intrest because they were new
and different. Enjoy!

Ladybug Felt Bean Bag Craft for Kids : - You could put in stuffing instead of rice to make this more of a "pillow ladybug" than a beanbag. There is a choice between a small bean bag (regular sized beanbag) and an extra large beanbag (basically the size of a full sheet of paper). This is a terrific first sewing project for children.

Making Bean Bags : - Instructions to make bean bags to play fun games with. Great simple sewing project!

Mexican
Bean Bracelets - - Mexican
jewelry is often made of silver with turquoise, amber and other
stone-like decorations.

Muffin Flower Mother's Day Craft Activity for Kids - These are simple and fun crafts for even the youngest children to do. The center of the flower can be further decorated with yellow sequins, small seeds or a photo. We used a black marker to dot on spots in the center for ours.

Nature Craft Acorn Fairies : - On our last trek to the woods, we gathered seeds and leaves. My daughter was fascinated by the miniature acorns. The tops reminded her of fairy hats, so we pushed the books aside, gathered supplies, and created dolls. Here is how we did it.

Paper
Plate Maracas Craft : Cinco de Mayo Crafts Projects - - A
maraca is a Latin American and Tupi rattle. The original maracas were
made from hollow gourds filled with pebbles or seeds. You can make
simple maracas from one or two paper plates stapled together,
containing dried beans or popcorn. These are fun to make at a party
for preschoolers - you can then make a lot of noise

Pinecone
Bird Feeders : –
In summer
or winter, this natural pinecone bird feeder is a decorative and
simple craft for kids. Make a few and hang them from your trees
outside as homemade outdoor ornaments.

Pine
Cone Bird Feeders : - A pine cone bird feeder combines two
foods that wild birds love,
peanut butter and pinecones. Wild birds are attracted to the tiny
seeds that are hidden deep inside pinecones. You have probably seen
the large, pale yellow seed of the pinyon pine, commonly known as a
pine nut. Birds love these but they are a little expensive for
feeding birds.

Popcorn
Rain Sticks : Beans & Seeds Crafts Ideas for Kids - - Many countries and ethnic groups use to believe that if they shook
sticks with seeds in them it would encourage the rain Gods to bring
rain to their parched lands. The children will love making
their very own rain sticks, and popcorn is just the ticket for making
the "rain noise".

Pumpkin
Seed Mosaics : - Mosaics are made of tiny colored pieces of stone, pottery, glass or
other materials, arranged together and set in plaster or cement to
make patterns and images. They can be used to decorate a floor, a
wall or in some cases a ceiling. So make your own mosaic ... Don't
throw those pumpkin seeds away! Roast a few and paint the rest for a
spectacular work of art.

Pumpkin
Seed Necklaces : - - This pumpkin seed necklace, done in Halloween colors, makes a
great accessory for Halloween and perfect for a witch's costume!
Alternatively, paint in more autumnal colors and make it as an
autumn/fall craft.

Pumpkin
Seed Pumpkin Fall Crafts : - - This fun pumpkin craft is a definite kid favorite, especially in
the preschool age range. Our almost three year old daughter loved
this craft. Making a pumpkin out of painted pumpkin seeds is a
perfect fall craft for preschoolers, and it's even a great way to use
up some of the pumpkin seeds left over from carving night.

Sunflower
Craft : Crepe Paper Crafts Activities for Children - Today’s craft was inspired
by a trip to Whole Foods. Lu saw the beautiful sunflowers and said
she wanted to make one at home. Here is our version of a craft that
has existed since the dawn of crafting! If you have sunflower seeds
use them. We did not so - we made a lentil flower! Also as you can
see I didn't wait for the glue to dry. The white glue will dry
clear...we hope.

Sunflower
Crafts : Disposable Plates Arts & Crafts - - These
giant sunflowers are made from small paper plates, a paper towel
tube, sunflower seeds, and construction paper. You can make an entire
bouquet of them for a great gift for summer decoration.

Thanksgiving
Handprint Turkey Craft for Kids - - A child's hands will help make this colorful turkey decoration. A
hand print turkey is nothing original but finding a unique medium to
fashion the feathers is always fun; nuts, dried beans, popcorn,
feathers, tissue paper wallpaper scraps, pasta...I've used them all.
Now let's try this fun dotted mosaic handprint turkey! Don't forget
to date the art work and laminate it if possible. These little hands
grow so quickly!

Thanksgiving:
Turkey Body Parts And Food - - This is a simple worksheet to teach body parts and food so that
students can describe the Thanksgiving turkey made of typical
Thanksgiving vegetables (Arcimboldo style): ex "The legs of the
turkey are made of carrots, the feathers of the turkey are made of
beans, ...

Tweet
Treats - Regardless of the season, this easy-to-make feeder will be appreciated by your
neighborhood birds. It features seed treats to provide them extra
energy--particularly suitable during the colder months of the year.

Watering Can Greeting Mother's Day Card Craft - Your child can sow seeds of love with this Mother's Day or National Teacher Day (May 8rd) greeting card. Packed with flower or vegetable seeds, it's a garden in the making (water not included).